These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
It’s the holiday season and it’s time to think about presents for the gardeners on your list — including yourself.
For the next few days I’ll be focused on some of the great gardening tools I’ve used this year. Some I’ve written about before and some I’m reviewing for the first time so here goes.
This year when we attended the Proven Wonders Grand Garden Show on Mackinac Island we both got goody bags with some great items included. The result? I now have a new favorite pair of gardening gloves, the Foxglove eGlove.
Why do I like these?
Fit comes first — they fit close the the hand and they’re really comfortable — it’s almost like you are barehanded when you wear them. I have small hands and big gloves are hard to maneuver safely. No such worries here.
Sensitive tips — these allow me to use my smartphone without taking the gloves off. Since I am frequently using the phone to identify plants or set timers I really appreciate this capability.
Patterned fingers AND palms that improve your grip.
I’ve also used these gloves as an extra layer under winter gloves when I go outside. It can get pretty chilly here — it’s 31 today as I write this — and I’ve found that layers help me keep my often cold hands warmer.
If you’re interested in a great pair of gardening gloves for yourself or someone on your gift list who loves to garden, you can buy these on Amazon by clicking on the Buy on Amazon button at the bottom of the product picture. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The Amazon Services LLC Associates Program is an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
Creative and targeted programs that make an impact are the hallmark of experienced marketing professional Ruth Steele Walker. Focusing on results that improve the bottom line, she accelerates projects from conception to implementation with a mastery of writing, production, placement, budgeting and coordination.
During more than 25 years with Foremost Corporation of America, the nation's leading insurer of manufactured housing and recreational vehicles, Walker consistently produced effective communications programs that resulted in increased net written premium. Her expertise in crisis communications was a vital part of Foremost's exemplary customer service in the wake of hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. Walker specializes in communications targeting the 50+ demographic, with an emphasis in communications for the 65+ segment.
Among other achievements, Walker developed communications for the merger of Foremost and Farmers Insurance, addressing audiences including customers, employees, trade and consumer media. For Foremost's 50th anniversary, she created a celebration program of internal and external promotions, special events, recognition and a 162-page commemorative book.
Earlier in her career, Walker was a newspaper reporter, a TV and radio producer, and worked in national sales and traffic at network TV affiliates. Walker earned a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and an MS in communications from Grand Valley State University.
She and her husband Scott operate a small vineyard in Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula, producing premium vinifera wine grapes. The vineyard has been the largest local supplier for Suttons Bay wine label L. Mawby, recently named one of the world's top producers of sparkling wines.
